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Private foundation (trust)EIN 954754104Est. 2000-01

THE BARRY AND WENDY MEYER FOUNDATION

ENCINO, CA 91436

Total Assets

$14.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.1M

FY 2024

Grants Made

45

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$24K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$255K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$796K

Total Expenses

$1.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.1M

Distributable Amount

$677K

Min. Investment Return

$687K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

45 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $10K to maximum $255K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $2.6M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

274 grants

NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE (NFYI)
$1.5M
5 grants
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC
$1.4M
4 grants
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
$676K
4 grants
MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES
$600K
3 grants
ACLU (AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION) FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
$350K
4 grants
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION
$350K
1 grant
BRAVE NEW FILMS
$280K
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
$182K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

274 grants

<$10K
183
grants
$10–50K
63
grants
$50–250K
20
grants
$250K–1M
8
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

16 states

California
$6.0M
77% of total
New York
$889K
11% of total
Vermont
$350K
4% of total
District of Columbia
$258K
3% of total
Colorado
$106K
1% of total
Illinois
$61K
1% of total
Maryland
$50K
1% of total
Utah
$42K
1% of total
Connecticut
$30K
0% of total
Virginia
$13K
0% of total

+6 more states

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